[Illustration: G.K. Chesterton From a photograph]

MAGIC A FANTASTIC COMEDY

BY G.K. CHESTERTON

G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1913

COPYRIGHT, 1913 BY G.K. CHESTERTON

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

THE CHARACTERS

THE DUKE DOCTOR GRIMTHORPE THE REV. CYRIL SMITH MORRIS CARLEON HASTINGS, the Duke's Secretary THE STRANGER PATRICIA CARLEON

The action takes place in the Duke's Drawing room.

NOTE

THIS play was presented under the management of Kenelm Foss at The Little Theatre, London, on November 7, 1913, with the following cast:

THE STRANGER FRANKLIN DYALL PATRICIA CARLEON MISS GRACE CROFT THE REV. CYRIL SMITH O.P. HEGGIE DR. GRIMTHORPE WILLIAM FARREN THE DUKE FRED LEWIS HASTINGS FRANK RANDELL MORRIS CARLEON LYONEL WATTS

THE PRELUDE